Alexander Gardner (1) (1821–1882)
Autor(a) de Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War
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About the Author
Image credit: Library of Congress
Obras por Alexander Gardner
Photographs of Teton Sioux Indian Delegation: Oncapapa, Chawana, Cut Head and Tachana (2017) 2 exemplares
Abraham Lincoln 1 exemplar
Associated Works
War No More: Three Centuries of American Antiwar and Peace Writing (2016) — Contribuidor — 87 exemplares, 1 crítica
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1821-10-17
- Data de falecimento
- 1882-12-10
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA (naturalized)
UK (birth) - Locais de residência
- Paisley, Scotland, UK (birth)
New York, New York, USA
Washington, D.C., USA - Ocupações
- photographer
businessman
Membros
Críticas
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Associated Authors
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 7
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 300
- Popularidade
- #78,268
- Avaliação
- 4.2
- Críticas
- 1
- ISBN
- 11
This collection of 100 of Gardner's best photos still produces feelings of terror, sadness, and horror in me that surpass what I feel when I look at photos from any other conflict except, perhaps, those taken in at the German Word War II extermination camps and the aftermath of the Wounded Knee massacre. I need to take them in very small doses.
By like those others, I think it's important to look at these pictures carefully. We must remember that, in the end, this war was fought to end slavery in the United States..
However, even though physical slavery here is no longer possible, we still face race prejudice here, and the enslavement and torture of innocents still exists throughout the world. Until everyone is free, we must all keep reminding ourselves of the sacrifice ending these things has and may still require from many of us.… (mais)